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  1. 1 a Games' flame carrier (7,5)
  2. 9 a Proper (5)
  3. 10 a Government head (7)
  4. 11 a Part of speech (4)
  5. 12 a Former love? (3,5)
  6. 14 a Fungus — I'm lewd (anag) (6)
  7. 15 a For free (6)
  8. 18 a Last drink of the day? (8)
  9. 20 a One whose word cannot be trusted (4)
  10. 22 a Dangers (7)
  11. 23 a Old tax to support Church and clergy (5)
  12. 24 a Gymnastic apparatus (8,4)
  13. 2 d Joke to make somebody believe what isn't true (3-4)
  14. 3 d Hand — glove (4)
  15. 4 d Transfix (6)
  16. 5 d Rent-free (anag) — tropical plant with a thick woody stem and a crown of large fronds (4,4)
  17. 6 d Indian side dish of yogurt, chopped cucumber and spices (5)
  18. 7 d Central London road with many a doctor's consulting rooms (6,6)
  19. 8 d Negotiating tactic of making credible threats in the hope of winning concessions (12)
  20. 13 d Either of two large chest muscles (8)
  21. 16 d Social media messaging service (7)
  22. 17 d Bother (6)
  23. 19 d One who looks (into space?) for ages (5)
  24. 21 d Counterfoil (4)

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